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UNITED STATES PATENTJOFEIGE.

v VINCENT RAGONA, JOHN RAGONA, AND WILLIAM RAGONA, OF NEW YORK, N.

ra'rnn-Box-maxmo MAcIiINE.

of New York. have invented new and useful improvements in Paper-Box-Making Machines, of which the following is a specifica tion,reference being-had therein to the accompanying drawings. which form apart thereof.

This invention relates to machinerv for rapidly and automaticallyiii-.uulfacturing paper boxes or their covers. and especially for thoseconsisting of a body ant "neck," (as it will hereinafter be termed) thatis, a lining suitably placed around the inside of the body, against andprotruding above the so that when a cover 'of the same dimensions of thebody. is fitted over the protruding portion of the said lining, thesides of both body and cover will meet flush and even.

The invention consists of matters herein a-fter set forth and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, and said invention willbe more readily understood byreference to the accompanying. drawings,

in which-- Figure 1 1s a vertical sect tonal view of the machine takenon about the line A A in j a sectional view Fig. 2 and Fig. I; Fig. 2 isa sectional end view of the machine taken on about the line B B Fig. 7;Fig. 2-, is a perspective view of the bracket arm holding theglue-applying mechanism for the surface finishing strips; Fig. 4 is asectional end view taken from the opposite side of'Fig. 2, and it istaken on about the line C C Fig. '7; Fig.5 is a de-- tailed sectionalview showing the feed of the surface finishing strips; Fig. (i is aperspec-.

tive, taken from the same side as Fig. 2, showing means for applyingpaste to the neck before itis inserted in the body; Fig. 7 is a planviewof the machine; Fig. 8 is a perspective showing a detailedconstructionof the difi'erentfeeding and wrapping mechanisms embodying ourinvention; Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the wrapping mechanism both forthe neck and the surface finishing Paper-to be wrapped thereabout; Fig.10 is of the wrapping mechanism for the surface finishing paper to bewrapped around the body; Fig. 11 is a detailed perspective of the bodyplunger and Specification of Letters Patent. Application at March 16,1911 Serial a"... 614,949.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

the neck former, showing the method of fitting together; Fig.-12 is adetailed perspec-. tive, taken from the bottom of Fig. 9 on about theline D" D, showing means'for holding the neck on its former when wrappedaround thereon; Fig. 13 is a crosssection taken from Fig. 12,'showingmeans for locking the ring 117 on the amiular groove of thelink 32; Fig.14 is a perspective of the drum which initiates the feeding of thebody-blank; Fig. 15 shows a strip for the neck being fed, scored, cutand about to be wrapped on its former, together with the lobed sectorworking in conjunction with the neck former: Fig. 16 is, a detailedsectional view of, the lobed sector, taken on the line- E E in Fig. 15,and showing means for its radial adjustment; Figs. 17-23, inclusive, areviews showing the difi'erent operations on the components of the box,for

the purpose of clearly understanding same: Fig. 24 shows a finished box;Fig. 26 is a vertical, central section of the shears, showing the meansfor adjusting their distance'from the wrapping mechanism.

The parts or members which are acted uponbythe machine and which finallyconstitute the finished box are: a body-blank d Fig. -24, previouslyscored at f and the corners cut away, as shown, so that thecenterportion constitutes the bottom of the box and the side portionsconstitute the sides,

when bent at right angles on the lines f f a strip for the neck, usuallyof the same material as the body-blank, supplied in a web 0 Fig. 3; astrip of surface finishing paper for the sides of the body ,'supplied ina web a, which 1s wider than the sides of the body so that, when the.strip is suitably wrapped and pasted around them, marginal portions willremain, as in Fig. 19; which portions,on one side, will be lapped overand pasted to the box-bottom and, on the other side, will be lappedover, tucked in and pasted to the inner s des of'the box; lastly, astrip of surface finishing paper for the neck supplied in a web bthemarginal portions in this latter case will be needed only on one side,as at b' Fig. 19, which will be lapped over, tucked in and pasted to theinner sides of the neck.

The operations which our machine performs automatically on the abovenamed members and finally produce the result are: to bend the sides ofthe previously cut and body-blank; Fig. 25 shows a tween thesemechanisms. With this scheme sc dredbody-blank (Z' to.ap'ply suitabl epaste the already described, the protruding marginal 'glue toone side ofthecovering str p a;

strip), to wind it around the bent sides of ody and to bend, overlap andpaste, as

portins1thereof; to score transversely the strip'for' the neck atsuitable distances, as.

shown in F ig. 15, which scorings when-the "iieck is bent willconstitute the corners of a the neck; to apply suitable paste orglue' tothe secondly mentioned finishing covering 4 strip 6', wind and-paste itaround the neck and overlap, tuck in and paste the protru'd ing marginalportions thereof to the inner .sides of neck; to securely fit the neckinto the body; and, finally, .to eject and carry awaythe finished box.

The'objects of the invention consist'in the simplicity of the machineincomparison to the complicated result it produces, andin the newconstructions and novel combinations-for carrying. out theaforementioned functions.

the different mechanisms should work simultaneously and converge theirrespective op erations toward the final result. Therefore inthezfollowing we have held thedescrip- 'tion of the mechanismsincidentalto vthe separate steps, apart from each other to more clearlyexplain the same, and in' the description of the operation of the entiremachine, we have explained the cotiperation bein, view, the machine may.be considered as consisting of a body-blank-feeding mechanism; a neckfeeding, scoring and cutting mechanism a surface finishing strip feedand cutting mechanism a wrapping mechanism for the surface finishingstrlp on the .body a wrapping mechanism for the neck'and surfacefinishing strip'thereforl;

and a take-away mechanism.

The different mechanisms involved in the machine 'may be usedindependently of each-- other for useful results, or in combinationswith other box-making machines than the one herein described. Forinstance, the neck feeding, wrapping and finishin mechanism -may be usedindividually and thereafter the finished neckmay be inserted in anotherwise finished box, either by hand or any other suitable automaticdevice; or, elimithe neck making mechanism, the

alone may be-produced which ,in turn' serves as the cover of the'boxproduced in the-present designed machine.

The table or plate A, the legs or standards B B, hanger D, andthevertical plate C constitute the framework of the machine.

11' 'the main shaft -u' ,on which are I moiin ed cylindrical cams, j,is, Z, m; the

house cams, g, h, and z; and "the drfaze'ed'and cut the required lengthof said Asthe machine is designed for rapid manufacturing, it isobviously necessary that .strips against the glue-applying rolls 68 anpulley loosely mounted on' the shaft H and adapted to transmit powerthereto through a sliding clutch X adapted to rotate with said shaft andto be thrown in and out of mesh with the pulley Y, by a lever Z, pivotedon the bearing W. I is a tiefrod, or stationary shaft, upon which isloosely mounted the gear 8 in mesh with gear 9 and held in place by thetwo collar's27 and-28.

pinned on the rod I. The gear 8, in turn, meshes with a gear 7 mountedon the shaft J; gears 7 and 9 are of the same diameter sothat the shaftJ will revolve exactly-as the main shaft H. .Membe'rs 26 are sleevespinned on the tie rod 1; they are provided withp'ins 140 which serve aspivots for levers 15, 22, 23, '24:,and 25 which'areprovided, at theirlower ends, with cam rollers which project in, and are actuatedby,'camways out in said cylindrical cams f, y, is, Z,

and m respectively; a

56 is asleeve pinned on the shaft I and is provided with extended arms145,147, and

148, the use'of which will be made clear.-

WVith reference-to Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 7, the

surface finishing webs a, b, and the web 0, forthe neck, are looselymounted on the same pi'n shaft'125 mounted on the bracketarm L, and eachweb is held in place by the guards 142. The purpose of this positioningof the webs .is that the .surface finishing strips a and b may derivetheir-adhesive property from the same II1LSS-0f supply held n one" gluereceptacle M which has two glue-applying rolls 68 and 70 and gear 67mounted on one pin shaft 126. The receptacle' M has two depending lugs143 which snugly slide in suitable ways 144 so.that the said receptaclemay be readily removed for cleanslngpurposes. The periphery of theserolls is equal to one length of the strip which isrequired to wraparound the box, so that at every revolution of the machine exactlyv onelength will be supplied. The rolls 69 and 71 are mounted on the same pinshaft 127 borne in a journal bearing in thebracket Land serve to supportthe surface finishing 70. The shaft 126 is rotated by the gear 67 inmesh with gear 66 mounted on the shaft 124 which is provided with asprocket-wheel 1ng gear 9. Y- indicates an' ordinary belt on thestandard It and guided downward by the lips 101. The forward portion ofthe block 100 is centrally and longitudinally slotted, leaving thechannels 135 and 136 bounding on either side. Vertical lug 103 risesfrom the projecting channeled portions and connects said portionstransversely.

across the said slot in the block 100. The

central portion of the vertical lug 103 isengaged by the forked upperportion of the lever 91, whereby the sliding block 100 is re-.

and are the fingers and 95. respec- -t1vely. 'The forward portion of thefingers 75 and 95 are forked and provided with the thin toothed wheels76' and, 96 respectively; said teeth. being cut similar to those of aratchet wheel, are engaged by the light springs 77 and 97, respectively,fastened on the underside of the fingers and serve the purpose of' pawls. The web strips a and I) fed from the glue-applying rolls (38 and70. respectively, to the channels 135 and-136 of the sliding block 100are'clutched by the toothed wheels 76 and 9t; which are tended downwardby their own weight. On the forward motion of the sliding block 100 theengagementof the springs 77 and 97 on the toothed wheels 76 and 96,respectively, prevent same from revolving so that the web strips a and bare clutched and carried forward by said wheels to the wrapping.mechanisms the ends of said strips are then gri'p ied by theirrespective mechanisms, so that on the return travel of the block 100,

the toothed wheels 76 and'96 are revolved,-

the springs 77 and 97 yielding thereto. Disposed in the way between thestrip feed mechanism and the wrapping mechanisms are the shears forcutting said strips at the required inoment.

\Vith reference to Figs. 1, 4-, and S, the shears consist of doublepivotal blades 50 and 5t, oppositely disposed, havingdownwardlydiverging arms the ends of which are pivotally connected to the ends ofactu at'ing levers 52 and 53, respectively. centrallyqgivoted to eachother mid-provided at their lower ends with cam rollers 128 which engagea cam pathway cut on both faces of the rim of the cam 71 mounted on theshaft J. Connected at the central pivot of the levels 52 and 53 is oneend of the tension spring 99, the other end of which is connected to thebent end of a pin 98 fixed to the underside of the bed A. The mem-' bcrs50 and 51 are-pivoted ona Hanged collar 172 which' is loosely mounted ona threaded pin 169 fixed to the vertical edge of the plate t. (See Fig.26.) The nuts 1T0 hold the shears in place. lly loosening the nuts 170and properly manipulating them, the shear-blades may be moved back andforth regulating their distance from the wrapping mechanism.and therebyregulatingthe length of the surface finishing strips to becut. The.spring 99 tends to close the shear-blades which in their normal positionare kept open by the proper width of the rim on cam 11. By narrowingboth sides of the said rim, of the cam 11. at the required point of therevolution of the sha l't J, the spring 99'will force downward thelevers 52 and 53 thereby closing them on the said narrow portions of thesaid rim and thereby closing, in a snapping manner, the shear-bladeswhich sever the surface finishing strips 0' and b from the rest of thewebs and instantly opening again, due to the resumed width of the rim ofthe cam 21.

The web strip for the neck passes directly from the web 0' -to thescoring and cutting mechanism mounted on the hearing standard Q. (SeeFig. 8.) It comprises an upper drum 89 mounted on a shaft 130 and a.lower drum'90 mounted on the shaft 129. In order to drive the drums S9and 90 the shaft 130 is provided with a gear 64 which meshes with a gear65, on the shaft 12!), which meshes with a gear 54 mounted on thebearing 123 fixed to the underside of the bed A and, the last namedgear, in turn is driven by gear. 14 mounted on the shaft J. (See F ig.2.) The periphery of each drum S9 and 90 is equal to the length of therequired neck so "that, at every revolution of the machine, exactly onelength will be supplied. As it is exaggeratedly shown in Figs. 4 and 15,for the sake of clearness, the lower drpm 90 is provided with projectingknife edges 171 (projecting about one half of the thickness of the neckmaterial) which are suit-. ably spaced to correspond respectively to thecornersof the neck. The first three knife edgeswhich act on the neckstrip serve only to score said strip while it is being firmly fed by thedrums; the fourth knife edge, which projects the thickness of the strip,severs the already fed and scored strip from the rest: of the web. Itcan be'seen that the forward end of the web, immediately following thesevered strip, is caught by the drums almost simultaneous with thesevering, so that it will take its turn in being fed and scored. FromFig. 15, it can be seen that the distance between the point of tangencyof the two drums 89 and 90 and the farthest end, thence, of the forminghead 10 is e ual to the length of the neck strip so as, at the same timethe strip is severed from the web, its forward traveling end will havewheel mounted on the 'shaft J and is provided-on' its periphery withlobes the profile 'ofwhichis such 'that,1whe1 1= thelobes are engagedwith and relatively revolving with theformer to having a neck stripwrapped thereon, every' point on saidprofile of'the of the leverpivotally acting on sleeve lobes will touch .every 'correspondinpointon' the profile ofithe'ineck. The position of ,j the sectfdr'on theshaft'jJ is suchthatassoon as the forward portion of the neck strip hastaken its-place beneath the former w, the first 10561132 have arrivedinto engagemenflwith the material, gripping it w1th i the heck'former.the strip is engaged between the neck; former. and'the lobed sector,and-*itheilatter qtwo; begin to revolve,

there will; -be .a' gearing; engagement between them, tlierebyr'impartingthe same rolling pressure to every portion ofthematerial;

- (as shown bythe dotted lines) always keep V ing it in a positive grip;I By this method we have minimized the possibility of wrinlglin thematerial or' creating a tendency of gettmg'flt-out'of true whileb'eingwrapped;

which fact apre'ssure wheel, or the like, acting conjunction with theformer, fails to accomplish on'a'ccount of-its frictionv and $80.formerw, especially. when-reaching the corfAsfcan' be clearly seen fromthe view, the

rubbin gl tendency that it has against the former w and the lobed sectormoving relativel to-"each other-,tHe'first lobe engages one 'alf of thefirst side; the second lobe,

'the' secon'd side; the third lobe, the'third side';'.thenfourth' lobe,thefourth side after which-the-sectorfc swings out of the way of '40operation, while the former 'w completes one revolution coming back toits former position. j V

Tlie'flobed sector 0 is capable of minute radial adjustment to suit thedifferent qualities. and thicknesses of the material used.This'isadcomplished as in Figs. 15 and 16. The sector consists of twosectlons, an upper and lower section; the upper section 1s provided withtheslot 141 which keys on the block .151 projeetingfrom the lowersection,

, and'iscapable of. radial movement thereby.

The upper s'ectionis provided. on its lower ortionwitlihn-gir 152 which,from above, 1s acted 'up'o'il by the-feet screw'j 153 in theky'riblocklti-fantj-f ibelow, by the set .sci-mlaiiin' theear1155eiitending from the vgiig'pr'oper clearance, with,

the member -1 is a rotary plunger shaft pro:

vided with the plunger heads. The plunger shaft 1 is reciprocated'throughthe medium loosely mounted on the shaft land held-in place by thecollars 46zand 4=7. The shaftj 1 is rotated by gear 13 when atft'he M81:

time it is' brought into .meshwithgear 11;

which is an intermittent gear; The memher 3 is an axially movable androtary shaft provided at one end with the clamping t which acts incooperation with the p unger s. The shaft 3 is reciprocated by means oflever 15 pivotally' acting on'nthe sleeve. 31' i185 loosely mounted onsaid shaft and held in so I head, a

place by the collars 29 and 30. The shaft 1 is rotated by gear 6 when atthe'proper it is brought into mesh withgear-5 is an intermittent gear..

Thewrapping mechanism for the neck is mounted on the plunger shaft l and-.com-

prises the hollow shaft 2 provided with the a forming head w. The saidhollow shaft is capable of being reciprocated by' means of; Q

the lever .24 pivotally acting on'the sleeve 43 loosely mounted'on saidhollow shaft and collared, on one side, by a' s t ep low shaft and, onthe-other slde, by aicollar (See Fig. 9.) The said hollow shaft .100

admits of being rotated by gear 12 mounted thereon, when at the propertime it is brought into mesh with the intermittent, gear 11 or similargear. 10. The hollow shaft 2 acts as a journal bearing-for lunger shaft1 and is itself journaled in the caring standard F. The remainingportion of the shaft 1 which extends beyond the hollow shaft 2 isjournaled in the bearing standard G. It is clearly understood that theplunger' shaft I and the hollow shaft 2 are governed by different'meansand act independentl of each other. The forward. portion of he neckstrip 0' having reached its properplace underneath the formin head w,-and having been clamped thereto &)y the oncoming lobe 132 on the sector0, the gear 12, atthis point, engages with a set of teethon theintermittent gear 11 thereby rotating hollow shaft 2 with forming head-w rela-' tively with sector 0 and wrapping the neck strip about theforming head w. ,Tokeep the forward end of the collarstrip properly onto former w whileiit -is beingwrapped thereaboiityand tokeep the lastportionof the said strip on the former 'w ,afteriihavm' been wrappedtliereabout', we have, arra age c 42,?- a verticfaF-link': attached atits lower end to an axially move 2- The "member '32 is able shaft 33splined withbearings 34 and 35 mounted on the bed A. The shaft 33 isreciprocated by means of the lever 22 pivotally actingon pins laterallyextending on said shaft. The upper portion of the link 32' is perforatedto slide loosely on the hollow shaft 2, and is provided with a hubhaving an annular groove upon which is fitted the collar 117. Thatportion of the collar which is nearest to the corner of the former wherethe tw'o'ends of the neck strip meet is provided with pairs of suitableprojecting ears to which are hinged two pressure fingers 118 and 120which are tended towardihe former w by the two springs 119 and 121,respectively, pinned on the ends of the ears of the collar 117. (SeeFig. 12.)

, As can be seen, the finger 118 which grips the forward end ofthecollar strip a is longer than the finger 120 which grips the' last endportion of the collar strip. In itsnormal position, the finger 118 isheld disengaged from the former w. in about the position shown in Fig.'9. Thespring 119' keeps the said finger so.that the engaging surface isfiushly 'alined withthe surface of the former w; so when the link 32'pushes the finger and forces .its rounded end to slide over the neckstrip, the thickness of the strip, to which the finger'has to yield,issuflicient to develop required pressure against the spring 119 so asto be, tightly held by the finger 118; lVhen the forward end of the neckstrip 0' has reached its required position underneath the former 'w andthe oncoming lobe of the sector 0 has clamped it thereto, by the properinclination of the cam groove in the cam j, the lever 22 is slightlyactuated forward (in this case about s so that 'the finger 118 will;slip over the forward end of the neck strip sufficiently clamping it onto'the former '20. As

rounded I which fits in' a corresponding rounded indenture in theannular groove of the link 32. The pin 159 is forced against the saidannular groove by the small com-.

pression spring 160. The purpose of the pin 159 is to lock the ring 117so that after the said ring has completed a revolution, together withthe former w, the pin registers and locks the ring always in a constantplace. As can be understood from Fig. 15, when the last side of the neckstrip is bent over the former w bv coming between the third andfourthlobe of sector 0, and the .plnngerhead s and clamping head i.

fourth lobe begins to engagc the said side against the last side of theformer w, at

about this time, the link 32 moves the finger finger 120, therefore thelast portion of the fourth lobe is cut away (as shown) so that it mayclear the finger 120 when swinging past it; and there will be no moreengagement, between the lobed sector and the neck,

for the rest of the revolution of the former 'w. The neck is now readyfor the wrapping of the surface finishing strip. So by the requiredcurve'of the cam groove In the cam 1 the lever 24 advances forward,positioning the former in directly above sector I), and at the sametime-bringing gear 12 into mesh with a set of teeth on the intermittentgear 10. At the same timcthe finishing paper feed will have brought theforward end of the finishing strip b underneath the former w,'theoncoming lobe of sector I) gripping andpasting it to the bottom side ofthewound neck,-in the same manner that the .oncoming'lobe of sectorformerly acted withthe neck strip 0' and former w.

lVorking simultaneously with the wrapping of the .ncck strip 0, on theformer w, isthe body-blank feeding mechanism, feeding the body-blank (1'between the plunger head .9 and the clampinp head t so that by thetimethat the neck strip is wound, around the former a, the body-blank willbe positioned and clamped between said (See Fig. 17.) The body blanks (Zare held in a receptacle I which is supported, at one end, by the plate(7 and, at the other end, by the standard K. The receptacle P isprovided with a follower 100 on both sides of which arefastencd thecords 109 which pass over and under the pulleys 108 and fastened to oneend of the tension springs 107, the other end of which is fastened tothe receptacle P. The blanks are fed, one by one, by areciprocatingplate or disk 87 working between the guideways screwed on the plate G.In practice, we have found in such feeds for blanks, as the one we havedescribed, that often, due to the unevenness of certain blanks or to thevaried pressure from the follower 106, the feed disk 87, instead ofpositively engaging with the first blank next to the plate C, edgesitself between the two, thereby failing to feed and to satisfy the restof the machine. At other times, the feed disk engages with the first twoblanks, endeavoring to feed them both; but since the space between theoutletting side of the receptacle and the plate C will not permit thepassage of two blanks, there usually occurs some damage, to the two saidblanks engaged by feed disk 87, thereby causing a delay in the operationof the machine-due to stoppage and adjustment.

\Ve have minimized this objection by having the front edge of the feeddisk 87 extend a short distance in front of the stack of blanks (shownby dotted lines in Fig. S)

and feed the first blank up to-that point, by a cylindrical drum T,after which the feed disk 57 will feed the rest of the way.

The drum T is positioned in the aperture 138 in the vertical plate (3and in front of the center portion of the first blank so that said blankwill be tangent to the circumferential surface of the drum. The drum '1is provided on its circumferential surface with vertical. rows of smallprojecting points. (See: Fig. 14a) The said rows, which are spaceda'partfrom each other, al-

' ternate with the intervening blank spaces left'on said drum, so thatwhen one of these rows of points will-have engaged the front surface ofthe first blank and will have fed 'forward the said blank the width ofthe row, theblank space on the drum "T, fol-'.

lowing the engaged-row of points, will present itself to the surface of.the body-blank. At this point, the blank may be fed the rest of the wayby the feed disk 87 without engaging'with or being damaged by any of theprojecting points which have revolved out of contact from said surfaceof blank. The position of the drum '1. before feeding the blank issuchthat the middle of one of the blank spaces, on the drum, will be tangentto the body-blank, in which position the projecting points boundingeither side of said blank space are out of contact with the tangent -bod'-blank. Each movement of the drum '1 consists of the remaining half ofthe first. blank space, a row of projecting points, and half of thefollowing blank space, as shown from t to t Fig. 14. This brings thedrum in a position: similar to its previous one, so that the blank maybe fed freely the rest of the way by feed disk 87 and said disk mayreturn without engaging with said points.

The drum "1 is fixed on the shaft 88 which is vertically journalcd iiithe plate.C. The shaft 88 is intermittently rotated by a bevel gear 81mounted thereon and accomnimlated in the aperture 139, in the plate 0,below the aperture 138. This gear is in mesh with bevel gear 85 on oneside of the plate and mounted on the shaft 160 journalcd', in the plateC, perpendicularly to the shaft 88. The shaft 160 is provided, on theother side of plate (1, with a ratchet wheel 38 which 'is actuated bypawl 37 pivoted on the-lever 36. The position of the pawl 37 in relationgradually raisedby the next coming tooth 153 until it will be totallydisengaged from the tooth 152 and will travel the rest of'its movementwithout actuating said ratchetwh'eel; which member, thereafter, will bekept inplace by stationary pawl. 39 which acts under tension spring 83.In this case, the thickness of .the ratchet wheel 38 is equal to thecombined; thicknesses of the acting pawl 37 and the stationar pawl 39-.The peripheral distance which he ratchet\ wheel 38 will have advanced,from the time that pawl 37 commences to engage tooth 152 to the timewhen it is totally disengagedjby tooth 153, is equalto the peripheraldistance which thei'drum T will have'advanoed there-.

by. This distance is equal to one half the 30 width of a blank spaceplus thewidtli of one row of points plus one half the ,width'bf the nextblank space, as from t'z to'gt'fin Fig.14.

The lever 36 is pivoted 'to the pin 161 5 fixed to the hanger S fastenedto the underside of the bed A. The said lever is 'provided, at itsbottom-end, with a camproller 162 which projects in -a cam groove on theface'of the ca-m z'. The upper part ofthe 9 lever is provided with anaperture 1.63, the. hcrizontali'dimension of which is-equal to themovement that is taken up by the ratchet wheel 38 from the time pawl 37connnences to engage tooth 152"to the time it is totally 5 disengaged bytooth 153; v f

The movement of the abovefeed ineclia- .nism during the feed of'onebody-blank is as follows: By the pro Jer run in the 'cam-' way ofthetcain 2', at the beginning oft-lie '10 revolution of the machine, thetop of the lever 36 is actuated forward toward the wrapping mechanism.The pawl 37 engages the ratchet wheel 38 rotatingthe shaft. 160 andbevel. gear thereon which meshes 10 with gear-.81- thereby rotatingthe-dru1n T. The projecting points of one of the rows on the drumrevolve into engagement withthe firstblank and carry it forward thewidth of said row, after which the vacant space (H following said rowpresents itself tothe surface of the blank until its center is tangentthereto.- At this point the pawl 37 istotally disengaged from the ratchetwheel 38, and the rear surface-of the opening 163, which. 11 has reachedand enga es with the pin 16-]: on the feed disk 87, brings forward thefeed disk which feeds the partially fed blank the rest of the way to itsrequired position between the plunger head- 8 and the clamp-t 1i inghead t. The body-blank is now ready said'blank with itslbended sidesdirectly over the lobed sector a. In the same time -the finishing paperfeed willv havebrought sector 0 acted in the case of the neck strip andneck former. This movement ofthe shafts 1 and 3 through the medilun'ofthe levers 25 and 15. respectively, will have brought the gear 13 intomesh with a new set of teeth on the intermittent gear 11-on the shaft J,which gear has been simultaneously evacuated by gear 12; while gear 6.is

brought into mesh with a set of teeth on gear 5 on the shaft J.

The lobed sectors (1 and b aresimilar in principle and all respects tothe lobed sector 0, which hasalrea'dy been described, except that thefourth lobe on the sectors (1 and b are left complete, and not cut awayas in the case of sector a, and in addition there isa.

fifth lobe. (See lobes on sectors (1 and b in Figs. 4 and 2.) Hence,when the lobed sec tors a and b revolve in relation, respec-' said shaftand, on the other side, by the collar .114. (See Fig. 9.) The saidcollar 72 is provided," on-those ,portions corresponding to the sides ofthe neck, with project ng ears (two ears for each side) within which arecentrally pivoted pairs of opposite arms 0. The noveltypf these armsconsists in the fact that they perform three consecutive operations, towit: that of bending the protruding marginal portions of the surfacefinishing strip wound on the neck; to tuck in and'paste said marginalportionsto the. in-

side of the neck; and to force the finished neck into the body,including their adaptation of iuidergoing all of the required functionswhich tend tothe result of the above mentioned operations. In thismanner we eliminate several separate mechanisms which would otherwisehave to be congested in such a limited space of operation. Thedescription of one of these arms will apply to the remaining three, asthey are all similar to each other. One end ofthe lever 0 has the formof a T and the front upper edge thereof is cut away, as shown, to formastep. The purpose of this step is: thatwhen the arm 0 closes, the frontedge of the lower step thereof bends the protruding marginal portion onthe neck (see Fig. 20) and when, at the proper'time, the arm 0 is pushedfor ward, the' said bent marginal portion 'is tucked within the neckuntil the' forward edge of the second step on the arm 0 reaches the edgeof the neck. The forward edge of the second step, by a further forwardtravcling of the arm 0, pushes the neck within the body. (See Fig. 22.)

It must be understood that, on one pair of opposite arms '0 the width,of the front edges, which engage the marginal portions on the neck, isequal to the length of those sides they engage; while on the other pairof opposite arms the width of the front edges is equal to thel-len th ofthose sides they engage less the combined thicknesses of the front edgesof the firstimentioned pair.

The purpose of this is that when the four arms close together, the frontportions of one-pair of armsfcome wit-hinthose of the other pair,thereby completing a perfect.

rectangle with sharp corners which can after be inserted into the neckfor tucking in the bent marginal portions. thereof.

The rear portion of the arm. 0 branches into two extending'fingers theends of which are perforated for the attachment of one end of springs 42the other'ends of which are attached to perforations in the -similarextended fingers of the opposite arm 0; these springs give an equaltension to both opposite arms and force them toremain in an openposition. Near the meeting point of, and .within, the rear projectingfingers of the arm 0 is situated the cam roller 40. It can be seenfrom'Figs..1, 2,9, and 12, that the link.32 is provided on its body witha 'wide vertical slot 137, soas to permit the narrow portion of theundermost arm 0 to end with fourcam'lugs situated to engage the four camrollers of the four arms 0. The

cam sleeve (1 is reciprocated by lever 23 the upper portion of whichpivotally engages .suitable projecting pins on the saidslee've.

The'sleeve. q is provided at its upperpart with a keyway in whichengages the key 55 fastened on the upper side of the bearing P, so as topermit only axial movementto the said sleeve. As can be seen byth'efigures, the rear extended fingers of the arms 0 are so far apart asto allow a clearance for the back and forth movement ofthe cam sleeve g;and the springs connecting one pair ward the neck, and vice versa. Themotion of the four arms 0 during one complete forward motion of the camsleeve q is as follows: As the cam sleeve g is actuated for.- ward bymeans of the lever 23 oscillated by the proper inclination of the camwayin the caink, the four arms 0 are gradually closed until theirforward-edges are about to engage the protruding marginal portions ofthe neck; at this point the inclination of two opposite cam lugsisdiscontinued so that the two opposite arms engagin such lugs remainstationary, while the ot er pair of arms keep enclosing until the twomarginal portions engaged by them are completely bended; at this pointthe inclination of these lugs is discontinued keeping the arms in theirassumed position, while the inclination of the former two lugs isresumed, thereby closing the arms engaged on such lugs until the twomarginal portions'en .gaged by said arms are completely bended. It canbe seen that the reason for this is to first bend two opposite marginalportions and then the other two, so that the latter, 36 two can-properlyoverlap the former two at the corners of the neck; otherwise, if thefour arms closed together, there would be a wrinkling effect of thesurface finishing strip at thecorners, since no side thereof would '40have a chance to bend before another to be properly overlapped thereby.

\Vith reference to Figs. 7 and 8,-two pairs of opposite lugs of thecollar 7) are longer than the rest, and to these are fastened twosliding sleeves 115 and 116;; These'sleeves slide,-respectively, on rods113,:md 112' the former of which is fastencd'at itsends to two uprightstandards. 110 mounted on the bed A; the latter is fastened, at one end,to

the upright standard 111 mounted on the bed A and, atv theother end, toa hub 122 projecting, from the 'standardR. It can be seen that thesleeves 115 and 116 are suitably long and located in the axial plane ofthe hollow shaft2, so as to insure both a substantial bearing upon whichthe collar p and arms 0 may be 1"eoiprocated'and no possibility of anyother motion but an axially reciprocating one. i

lVith reference to Figs. 2, 4, 6, and 7, the

' member N is a glue receptacle with the glue applying roller 79 mountedon the shaft 165 upon which is also mounted the cam .93 and 'a sprocketwheel92. The shaft 165 is-re- '85. volv'edthrough the medium of a chainbelt 74 trained over sprocket wheel 92' and sprocket 'wheel 94 mountedon the shaft 130. 81 is a'bell crank lever pivotally attached tovertical plate C. Qne'arni of the lever-81 is provided at its end with asmall glue applying roller 82; the vertical arm is provided with a camroller 102; and the third arm is perforated at its end for fastening oneend of tension spring 80, the other end of which is hooked onthe turnedend of a pin 78 fastened to the receptacle N. The, glue applying roller82 is given a vertical. oscillation by means of the cam roller,102. heldagainst the cam 93 by tension spring 80.

neck strip has moved forward and} taken its place above the sector I)(as already nientioned) and the surface finishing strip 7) is clampedbetween, and the neck begins to wind thereon said surface finishingstrip, by a sudden recess in the cam 93, the bell crank lever-81 isgiven sway to the pressure of the tension sprin 80. Thesmall glueapplying roller 82, the periphery of which has been smeared withglue'from its former contact with glue roller- 79, coines' into contactwith the upper side of the neck; applying' a streak of glue thereon (inthiscasc about i,-" wide) nearest to that edge which has no protrudingTmarginal. portions, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. '6. The roller82 is not left on the upper surfacoof t-heneck until it reaches the"corner portion thereof, for its purpose only serves to apply a shortthin-streak'of glue on about the (en-- ter of said side ofneck,leavingabout one quarter of the length vacant at each end; the purposeof said streak of glue being to securely adhere the neck into the bodywhen inserted therein. Therefore, when about nearing a corner, by asudden rise on the cam 93 the cam roller 102 is actuated to'its formerposition, thereby bringing the roller 82 back into engagement with theroller 79 until the oncoming corner of the neck is swung by and the nextside is ofi'ered, At this point cam 93 ofiers another recess to theroller 102 and the spring 80 swings the hell crank lever 81 bringing'roller 82 into action against-that side of the neck. This goes on forthe foursides, after; which the cam roller 82 is kept in place againstthe roller Z9 by cam 93 for the rest of the following movements of themachine. The collar is now ready to be inserted into-'the body.

The mechanism for bending the marginal portions of the surface finishingstrip on the body is similar in principle as the one for the neck, anddiffers in the details of construction which will be made clear.

'Wi-t-h' reference to Figs. 1, 8, and 10, the member 4 is an axiallymovable hollow shaft provided-at one end with a collar 3/ having onthose port-ions corresponding to the side: of the box, pro ect1ng ears(two cars 01 \Vhen the neck former {w with the wound each side) withinwhich are centrally pivoted the opposite pairs of arms 1'. The hollowshaft 4: is axially reciprocated by means of-lever ltifwhose'upperportion pivotally engages extending pins on collar 62 mounted on hollowshaft 4. The lower end of lever 16 is pivoted to the hub of the hanger58 fixed to the under side of bed A. The lever 16 is provided with a camroller, at the re-.

quir ed distance from the pivotal point, which extends into a camgroove. in the cylindrical cam d mounted on the shaft J the arm 7', atits lower side, is provided with a channel the width of which is equaltothe width of the sides of the body. The front side of said channelconsists of a sliding plate 48. This plate is provided with twoquadrilateral perforations 167 working on two quadrilateral projectionson the end of the arm T, which allow only an edgewise' sliding movementto the plate 48. The said projections are provided with cross-heads 1,68to guide the sliding plate 48 against the end of the arm 1*. The plate48 is'tended down, in the position completing the channel, bytwo flatsprings49 which engage the upper port on thereof'and are attached to thearm 1'. The springs 49 are sufficiently strong, so that when the arm 1*closes on the protruding marginal portions on the body, the side of thechannel integral with the arm 7' will bend the marginal portion on oneside, and the side of the channel consisting of the sliding plate -18will bend the marginal portion on' the other side, without yieldingthereto; the purpose of having said side of .channel consist of asliding plate will be made clear later on.

The rear portion of the arm 2- d1 flers from that of the arm 0 in thefact that, instead of having the .two diverging fingers, it takesthe'shap'e of a cross. The ends of the crossarm thereof are perforatedto which are fastened one end of the springs-63 the other ends of whichare fastened tolthe perforation in similar cross-arms in the oppositearm r.

The end arm of the cross is forked and admits the cam roller 41.

The member as is a sliding sleeve mounted on the hollow shaft 4 androvided at one end. with four cam lugs situated to engage the four camrollers of thefour armsir t *The sleeve a is rec procated by means of alever 17 the upper portion of which engages suitable extending pins onthe said sleeve. The lever 17 is pivoted at its lower end to ahanger 59,and is provided with a cam roller, at the required distance fronr thepivotal which extends into a cam groovecut 1n the cam e. (gee Fig. 4.)As can begsecn by the figures, the cross-arms of therear section of thearm 1" are long'enough to allow a clearonce for the back and forthmovement of.

the cam sleeve in between the springs 63; and

that thesprings connecting one pair of arms point, I

are situated within those connecting the other pair of arms, so thatthey may close andopen without interfering with eachother.

The movements of the arms 1' during one complete forward movement of thecam sleeve :1; are similar to those of the arms 0; It must be understoodthat. as in the case of the arms 0, the front portions of. a pair ofopposite arms 7' must be less than thelength of those sides which theyengage, for bending the protruding marginal portions thereon, soas togive access to the other pair'of -arms for bending the marginal portionson the other two sides.

\Vhen the neck is inserted into the body, it is obvious that the neckformer 'w, in some way, must fit over the plunger head 8 in order to be'able to bring the neck up to the boxoottom; therefore on the head 5-and former 'w, portions must be cut out complementary to each other sothat said head 8 and former 2o may tit-together as required. To haveaccomplished this as shown in Fig. 11. The

plunger head 8 has its corners and portions from the middle of the sidescut out, and the former to has a shape complementary to that of head 8cut out on its front face. The reason for this is that in winding thecollar strip around the former '11 the corners of said former arenecessary for properly bending the corners of the collar strip; also thecenter portions left in Fig. 11 are necessary to keep the sides of saidstrip from caving in when wrapping the surface finishing strip thereon.However, in the case of the plunger head 8, the sides of the body beingintegral to the bottom, the corners and center portions of said head arenot absolutely necessary and therefore may be dispensed with for thesake of accommmlating the former w: the two portions left for each-side.as in Fig. 11, being suflicient to keep the sides of the blank fromfurther bending over when wrapping the surface finishing strip thereon.The length and width of the plunger head 3 are equal, respectively tothe length and width of the center portion of the bodyblank d less twicethe thickness of the neck strip, so that when the neck is inserted intothe body,it will freely fit and pass over the. head s in order to reachthe box-bottom.

-With-reference to 1 igs.-1, 4, and 7, the member 20 is an endlessmovingapron situated beneath the place where the box is completed so that thefinished box may fall thereon. Said apron is trained over a roll 21suitably mounted on a pin shaft fixed in an aperture in the bed A; roll105 mounted on a pin shaft fixed between the bearing 104 projecting fromthe bed A; and a roll the shaft J. The plates otl and (31 serve to guidethe finished box on apron until it reaches the side of the bed whence itwill fallinto a suitable-receptacle.

Member 19 is a curved plate whichjaets as a chute for the finished boxwhen falling from the arms 7 to the apron 20. (See Fig. 23.) The chuteplate 1;) is intermittently oscillated, at right angles to the clampinghead shaft 3, by a lever 18 upon which it is mounted. The lever 18 ispivoted on a pin 173 fixed to the arm 148 extending from the sleeve. 56;and. said lever, is provided at its lower end with a cam roller 174which projects in a canrway in the face of the cam g.

Having described the different mechanisms separately we will nowdescribe the operation of the machine as a whole during one revolutionof the main shaft H, in which time a complete box 15 made.

Before the beginning of the revolution,

' the machine finds itself in the position of Fig. .1. The forward endof the neck strip is positioned underneath the forming head 24:; whichposit-ion was attained during the precct'ling revolution. The surfacefinishing strips 11' and 71 are positioned in the channeled feed block100 and gripped by the clutch fingers and 75 respectively. The

.forward ends of the surface finishing strips extend sufficiently beyondthe block so that when said. block feeds the ends of the strips to thewrapping mechanisms,-there will be a free portion to present thereto andby the link 32 thereby clamping the forward portion of the neck onformer w. Hollow shaft 2 revolves in cooperation with sector c.

winding thereabout the neck strip and car-- rying with itself the finger118 mounted on the collar 117 which revolves in the annular groove inthe hub of link 32. Arriving at that point of the revolution where thelast side of the collar stri 7 is bent, the link 32 makes an additionaforward movement thereby clamping the finger on the last bent side ofthe collar strip; the wound collar being held on the former w by saidfingers, the sector 0 immediately swings out of en agement therefrom.

Vorking simultaneously 'with' the wrapping of the collar is the bodybla'nk feeding mechanism. As already described in details, at thebeginning of the revolution the lever 36 is actuated by the cam 5,thereby engagiu' pawl 37, with the ratchet wheel 38 there y revolvingthe drumj'T. The first body-blank is moved forward by the engaging r'owof points on said drum to the required'point where the feed disk .87will take up the feeding of the blank, and the drum will keep onrevolving until the center of the. following vacant space will otteritself tangent to the surface of the blank. At this point the pawl 37will have been disengaged, the drum T stops moving,

and the feed disk 87 will be actuated for- -8 and the clamping head If.to clamp the bodyblank and pass it through the aperture V in thevertical plate C; bending the scored sides thereby and bringing the bentbodyblank directly above the lobed sector a. In the same time with thelast mentionedpperations, an inclination of the cam groovein the cam Iwill actuate lever 24 forward and thereby hollow shaft 2 with the arms0; bringing the former w with the wound neck directly above sector Z1.(See Fig. 18.) It must be understood that there must-be a precisecorresponding inclination in the cam grooves on the cams j and 7-: asthe one in the cam I, so that-when the lever 24 is oscillated forward byits cam, the lever 22 must be likewise oscillated -so that the link 32will maintain its position in relation to the former w, keeping thefingers 118 and 120 clamped on the wound neck through the forwardmovement of same. The lever 23 must also be oscillated forward, keepingthe cam lugs on the sleeve q-m their normal position relative to'thearms '0, keeping them open during the forward motion of same. ltis alsounderstood that the swinging of sector 0 out of the-way, immediatelyafter its required function, makes its possible for the openedarms 0 totravel through the cleared space. The end of this movement will findgear 6 on the shaft 3 directly above the intermittent'gear 5 and aboutto mesh with a set of teeth thereon; gear 13 on shaft 1 directly aboveintermittent gear 11 and about to mesh'with a set of teeth thereon; andby the sudden recess on the sides'of the rim gear 12 on hollow shaft 2,which has Just of the cam 12, iheshear members 50 and 51 evacuated gear11, will be set directly above gear 10 and about to mesh with a set ofteeth thereon. \Vorking simultaneously with said traveling of neck andbody-blank is the surface finishing paper feed; By proper inclination ofthe cam groove on the face of ,the cam i the lever 91 is oscillatedforward carrying the block 100 therewith and offering the extendedforward portions of the strips (4 and 7), respectively, to theundersides of the bent body blank. and neck, until half of the distanceof said side has been reached. At this point the rounded portions of theoncoming lobes of the sectors a and I) swing .into position pressing andpasting the forward ends of the webs a and 1), respectively, to theundersides of the bent bodyblank and neck. By an opposite inclination ofthe cam groove in the cam 2' the' lever 91 is oscillated backwardbringing the channeled block lOO to its former and normal position, andleaving the fed webs gripped by their respective mechanisms.

Immediately after the fed webs re and Z) are gri iped by the sectors a.and 7), the gears 6, 12, and 13 mesh respectively with gears 5, 10 and11 and revolve, causing the body, clamped by clamping head if andplunger head 8, to revolve coope 'atively with sector a, wrapping thesurface finishing paper thereabout; and the neck on the neck former 1 torevolve cooperatively with the sector I), wrapping the surface finishingstrip 7) thcreabout. Vt'orking in connection with the wrapping of thesurface finishing strip around the neck is the following: The neck windsthe surface finishing strip until the fourth side is reached where thefinger 120 holds clamped the last portion of the neck on the former'11). As the beginning of the fourth lobe of the sector 0 clamps thesaid side on the former w, wrapping and pasting the finishing stripthereon, the finger 120 is no longer necessary, so by a ight backwardmovement of the lever the link 32 relieves that side of the neck fromfinger 120 thereby clearing that side for the pasting of the surfacefinishing strip. strip Z) has reached the last corner of the neck wherethe two ends meet, and the last lobe on sector 7) has engaged theremaining half of the first side, before said lobe reaches the finger11S holding -said side to neck fori'ner, the lever makes another slightbackward movement relieving said side from finger 11S andmaking room forthe end of the surface finishing strip Z). (See Fig. 19.)

As can be seen from Fig. 8, the distance between the shears and theedges, nearest thereto, of the wrapping formers is about the length ofone side of the box. Hence, as soon as the surface finishing strips havebeen Wound the length of three sides of the box.

thereto.

lVhen the H the II'ltlCl'llllG finds itself with the body-.

blank folded and with its. surface finishing strip a wrapped and pastedthereabout; while the neck has been wound around the former in and itssurface finishing strip I)" wrapped thereabout, and also having centerportions on its sides, near the edges, smeared with thin streaks of glueso that when it is inserted in the body it will befirml adhered (SeeFig. 19.) It is understood that the sectors (1. and 6 swing out of theway of operation in'nnediately after doing their required functions.Hence, by the proper inclination of the cam groove in the cam is thelever 23 is oscillated forward thereby causing the lugs on the slidingsleeve 1 by engaging with the cam rollers 40, to gradually close thearms 0; first closing two opposite arms and then the other two, asalready described, thereby bending in the cam (Z discontinlies and thearms 1 f stop from traveling; while the cam groove in cam c continuesthereby oscillating the lever 17 still forward, making the cam lugs onthe slide sleeve a, in contact with rollers ell, close the arms -r,-twoat a time as already tilescribed. This point of the revolution of theshaft H brings the machine with the surface finishing strips wrappedaround the body and neck, and with their protrudmg marginal portionsbent; (See Fi 20.)

By proper inclination of the cam grooves in the can'is 7,: and Z thelevers 23 and 24 are oscillated forward cooperatively, so as to keep thearms 0 in their closed position. Thereby the neck is brought forward,passing through the aperture V in the plate (2 until its edges reach thebent marginal portions on the body. (See Fig. 21.) Immediatelv precedingthis point the lever 16 is IllO of the body.

and

slightly brought back by the cam (Z thereby causing the cam lugs onsleeve :0 to recede and allow the arms 1' to slightly open, so as toallow the neck to enter within the body. The traveling neck, which hasreached the bent marginal portions on the body, enters within therebytuckinrg in the bent marginal portions of the body. while the arms 0took in the bent marginal portions of the neck. The neck keeps ontraveling until its forward edge reaches the surface on the bottom (SeeFig. it must be understood that when the neck reaches the position shownin Fig. 21 and begin to enter the body, either the marginal portion ofthe body or that ofthe neck may give away first. to be tuckedin,depending to which has the strongest material. But that is of littleconsequence, for as former it: travels up to the bottom of the box and,thereby, the forward edges or the arms'o are l rought the requireddistance within the neck. both the marginal portions of the body andthose of the neck will finally be tucked in, as in Fig.

22. At this point, the sliding sleeve makes a slight forward movementthereby slightly closing the arms 1' and giving a final fornr ingpressure on all sides of the body and neck. On this account, the platesl8 come against the resistance of the plunger head a and tlie former w,which have come together, and therefore must yield thereto against thesprings This is the only use of the sliding. plates 48. otherwise thechannels-on arms 1' could be integral. In the same time the slidingsleeve inakes a slight back 'ard motion, opening slightly the arms 0thereby giving a final sticking pressure to the tucked in portions ofthe neck.

15y precisely similar inclination of the camways in the cams 7.1. I, and711, the levers '23, 9t. and 27 are oscillated backward. and the-1lunger head a, the former is and the arms 0 'recede; retaining theiralready assumed positions. When the plunger head 5 arrives at itsposition, shown in Fig. 1, the inclination of the cam groove in cam m isdiscontinued and the plunger head 8 remains stationary; while the formerw keeps on traveling until it has reached its normal position above thesector (3 and above the forward portion of the neck strip (which by thistime has been fed thereto by the drums 89 and 5 at which point theformer '10 remains stationary and the sliding sleeve r will keep ontraveling until the arms 0 are snapped open.

During the time that the plunger head 8 and former w recede to theirnormal position, by similar incl nations of the cam grooves in. the cams(Z, and e, the levers 15, 15% and 17, respectively, are oscillatedbackward; the arms r, clamping head iand sliding sleeve-w recede to theposition shown in Fig, 23', retaining their assumed posibox.

tions and bringing with them the finished box? still gripped within thechannels of the arms 7. By an inclination of the cam groove in the cam 7the lever 18 is oscillated, positioning the chute plate 19 in" front ofthe At this point. through the cam e, the lever 17 is oscillated makingthe cam to recode, thereby permitting the lovers 7 to open; at the sametime, through cam f, the lever 15 oscillateda short distance forward.moving the clanuiing head 2?. which niovcnumt, the finished box isimpelled tor-ward striking the chute plate 19 and sliding thereon to thetake-away apron Q0. ee Fig. 23.)

tion of the caniway in the cam g the lever 18 oscillated backwardcarrying the plate 19 to its former position; and by the resumedinclination of the camway in the canif the lever 15 is again oscillatedforward, carrying the clamping head If to its normal position. shown inFig. 1, thereby completing the retolution of the shaft H.

It is understood that most of the opera tions which take place after thebox is finished occur simultaneously; and on account of doing no usefulwork, except to let the dillercnt parts resume their normal positions,they are quick and snappy, occupying onlya small part of the revolutionof the shaft H. I

It is not' our intention to limit the invention to the precise detailsof construction heretofore described and shown in the ae companyingdrawings, it being apparentthat such may bevaried without departing fromthe splrit and scope of the invention.

Having described the invention. what We claim as new and desire to haveprotected by Letters Patent is:-

1. ln the box-making machine, the combi nation with a neck feeding,scoring and cutting mechanism, an axially reciprocating and rotaryneck-former, meansfor intermit tently rotating said former, means forreciprocating said former, means to engage neck strip on former toproperly press and bend said strip thereto while being wrapped thereon,means for-holding forward .end of neck strip on former, means forholding rear end of neck strip on former, means for wrapping a surfacefinishing strip on wound neck strip, and means to bend and tuck in theprotruding marginal portions thereof.

2. In a box-making machine, the combination with a. neck feeding,scoring and cut-' tingmechanism, an axially reciprocating and rotaryshaft provided with a neck former means for intermittently rotating saidshaft, means for reciprocating said Shaft, means revolving, in relationwithneck former to engage neck strip therewith and to properly press andbend it on former while being wrapped thereon, means for holding forwardend of neck strip on Byv

